driving position - sore leg?!
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Stupid question here, but does anyone else suffer from a sore right leg whilst driving this car? I find my quadriceps (top of the thigh) on my right leg get sore after driving for just 5 of 10 minutes. I think this is due to the fact I can never seem to find a decent position for my right foot and I end up using my leg muscles to hold my leg up a little. Also I think because I'm paranoid about wearing holes in my floor matts I subconsciously hold my leg up a bit...
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I guess this might suggest that you need to raise your seat a little. It's funny, but I found at the beginning that quite small adjustments to the rake and fore and aft adjustment had quite an effect of long distance driving comfort. Now its perfect and the car fits me like a glove. It irks me when I get the car back from service - it takes me a bit of fiddling about to find my right position again.
Oh, and my right foot is wearing a hole in the RX-8 mat - better than the carpet, I guess! I might see if I can make a respectable looking pad for that area. Maybe Clark Rubber has something?
Oh, and my right foot is wearing a hole in the RX-8 mat - better than the carpet, I guess! I might see if I can make a respectable looking pad for that area. Maybe Clark Rubber has something?
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I think my leg felt the same way at first, but then I got used to the car.
But now I have a problem with my left foot. My toes always seem to go numb after a long drive. I'm fairly short so I've adjusted my seat so that I can see over the steering wheel :o so I wonder if that could be the cause...
And like Labrat, it takes me awhile to re-adjust after getting my car back from service too.
But now I have a problem with my left foot. My toes always seem to go numb after a long drive. I'm fairly short so I've adjusted my seat so that I can see over the steering wheel :o so I wonder if that could be the cause...
And like Labrat, it takes me awhile to re-adjust after getting my car back from service too.
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I found I had to adjust the seat higher and closer to the wheel than I was used to, when I first got the car. I spent the first 12 mths doing at least 1 round trip of 600k a week, and after the adjustment found the car very comfortable. Mats are cheap!
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Speaking of seats, mine is really starting to squeak a lot now.
Another thing to take up with them next service!
As for the leg thing - hey, that's what the mat is for. Wear the sucker out and then get another one.
Another thing to take up with them next service!
As for the leg thing - hey, that's what the mat is for. Wear the sucker out and then get another one.
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Knee problems anyone? My left knee hurts and I believe it is due to the fact the car is so low that you need to put a sidewise twist on your left knee when exiting the car. Is anyone else having a similar issue? My right knee is uncomfortable when i lean the leg on the side to rest it on long drives for the sidewise twist... the knee pad would solve this but I don't like the idea of putting one in....
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Also.. if you haven't done this already... lose your wallet out of your back pocket... I find on long trips if I don't take mine out I'll get a numb/sore leg quicker.
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Also.. if you haven't done this already... lose your wallet out of your back pocket... I find on long trips if I don't take mine out I'll get a numb/sore leg quicker.
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